Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India
स्वास्थ्य अनुसंधान विभाग, स्वास्थ्य और परिवार कल्याण मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार
WHO Collaborating Centre For Research and Training On Diarrhoeal Diseases
Name | Dr. Moumita Bhaumik (Ghosh) |
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Designation | Scientist D |
Date of joining ICMR | 06 November 2017 |
Date of joining present post | 06 November 2017 |
Discipline | Immunology |
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Specialization | |
Email : | drmoumitabhaumik@gmail.com |
Academic Qualification | |
Graduation | Zoology, University of Calcutta |
Post Graduation | Biophysics and Molecular biology. University of Calcutta |
Doctoral | Biophysics and Molecular biology, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata |
My doctoral research experience revolved around the
pathogenesis of the Leishmania infection.
Leishmania, a protozoan parasite causing the disease
Kala-azar exhibit a pronounced tropism for macrophages.
Once, the parasite is well established, it causes
aberrant changes in macrophage property and function. My
study was designed to understand the 'complex rules' by
which Leishmania parasites modulate the
biological functions of the macrophage affecting the
antileishmanial immune repertoire. All the studies were
restricted on three aspects of cell biology of
Leishmania infected macrophage - the macrophage
membrane function, effective immune stimulation by antileishmanial drugs and antigen processing and
presentation of exogenous antigen. Thus, it was shown
how Leishmania parasites modulate the macrophage
function which may have significant impact on the
immunopathology of Leishmaniasis.
Intramural (Title, Duration)
"The role of short chain fatty acid in cholesterol homeostasis: implication in gut immunology" 2018-2022
Students (Please include names of students presently working in the lab)
Mainak Chakraborty (CSIR-SRF)
Oishika Das (DST-SRF)
Ankita Dutta (Project SRF)
Aaheli Masid (CSIR-JRF)
Travel to foreign countries to attend conference/
meetings (for the last 5 years):